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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Hered. 2007 Sep 1;98(6):555–566. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esm072

Table 3.

FGF5 Allele Frequencies Among 116 Cats From 26 Registered Breeds

CFA Registered Breeds
Long-haired:
# of Cats Mut. # 1 2 3 4 None Coat Length
Angora 2 1.00 Long
Balinese 2 1.00 Long
Birman 6 1.00 Long
Himalayan 4 1.00 Long
Maine Coon 4 0.50 0.50 Long
Norwegian Forest Cat 4 0.88 0.12 Long
Persian 7 1.00 Long
Ragdoll 13 0.27 0.23 0.50 Long
Siberian 3 1.00 Long
Somali 6 1.00 Long
Turkish Angora 4 1.00 Long
Turkish Van 5 1.00 Long
Long or Short-haired:
Manxc 1 1.00 0.00 Long
2 0.50d 0.50 Short
Scottish Foldb,c 1 1.00 0.00 Long
3 0.33d 0.66 Short
Short-haired:
Abyssinian 8 1.00 Short
American Shorthair 7 1.00 Short
British Shorthaira 5 0.20d 0.80 Short
Burmese 2 1.00 Short
Chartreux 2 1.00 Short
Cornish Rex 1 1.00 Short
Devon Rexa,b 3 0.33d 0.67 Short
Egyptian Mau 10 1.00 Short
Havana 2 1.00 Short
Ocicat 2 1.00 Short
Russian Blue 3 1.00 Short
Siamese 4 1.00 Short
a

Breeds with histories of out-crossing with Persian cats

b

Breeds that the CFA allows out-crossing with British Shorthair cats

c

Breeds with separate short and long-haired CFA registries

d

Mutation 4 alleles were only present in the heterozygous state in short-haired cats